Braiding-machine.



PATENTED MAR. 10, 1908.

W. KURTING. B RAIDING MACHINE. APPLICATION PILBD AUG. 9.1905.

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BRAIDING MACHINE.

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BRAIDING MAGHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 9. 1906.

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WILHELM KQRTING, OF BARMEN, GERMANY.

BRAIDING-MACHINE T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WiLnnLM Kon'riso, residing in the city of Barmen, Empire of Germany, Rhenish Prussia, a subject of the Emperor of ('I-ermany, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Braiding-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relatcsto suchv class of braiding machines, in which the bobbin carrier is set out of action or interrupted in its traversing the serpentine race ways by" pushing the carrier out of the race way and placing and holding it fast in a recess or enlargement of the same so that the driving gear cannot en gage the carriers and my object is to provide means for governing the carriers .in such a manner that they are brought in and out of the race way and transported from one circle of the race way to another.

My invention is fully illustrated on the accompanying drawing and. claimed at the end of this specification.

In said drawings Figure l is a top view of a part of my new braiding machine, Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken below the top plate of the machine, Fig. u is a similar section, Fig. 4 is a section along line I I of Fig. 1, Figs. :)7' are skeleton views showing the operation of the devices for governing the bobbin carrier governing means.-

.ltcl'erring to the said drawings the machine consists of the/raceway circles 1 being arranged in a well known manner in a circle, below which there are the drivers 2 which are turned by gears 2i and cause the bobbin carriers to move in-direeticm of the arrows in Fig. 1.

Below the plate 5 are situated between the drivers 2 and gears 23 the forks 6 which are Separating the bobbin carriers and for this purpose are mounted in a horizontal position on pillars 7 that are turnable in the plate 8 but secured against shiftingv in longitudinal direction. These forks are arranged alternately one on the inner, the other on the outer side of the machine radially as shown running over the pitch circle of two adjacent gears. According to this arrangement the bobbin carriers are able to enter said forks at the fulcrum ends and to leave them at their open ends. Opposite the fulcrum of the fork the point of the top plate formed by the intersection of the raceway circles is cut away to form a recess 9 in, the race Way and a bobbin carrier engaging said'recess is out .of reach of a driver 2 and Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 9 1905.

the other to the left.

Patented March 10, 1908. SerialNo. 273,450.

therefore out of action. The shanks of the fork 6 are provided with extensions 6 which control the bobbin carriers in such a way that the bobbin carriers may be caused to continue in the same circle of the raceway or may be switched to the adjacent circle of the raceway. If however the fork is in its middle position the carrier is caused to enter the recess 9 where it is set out of action. A great advantage of the fork arrangement is that the switches hitherto used for governing the bobbin carriers may be omitted.

For securing the forks in their middle or original position, on each pillar 7 is mounted a lever which with its wedge shaped end engages the correspoiulingly formed portion of a lever 12, that is pivoted on the plate 8 rectangular to lever 10 and pressed into' engagement with lever 10 by a spring 11 and the effect of such levers is that the forks may be turned left and right but after the power for effecting this movement ceases are simultaneously returned to their original position. On the plate 8 are fixed. bolts 13 and the forks 6 are provided at their free endswith protuberances 14 which engage said bolts 13 to limit the turning of the fork 6.

Forturning the forks in both directions are arranged two devices in such a mannerthat each device operates two forks. For this purpose below the plate 8 thepillar 7 carries a lever 15 with three arms. Upon said lever acts a drawing rod 16 which is operated by any convenient means adapted'in the art of these machines for instance by a jacquard machine. turned for instance opposite the direction of the clock pointer thearms 15", 15* bear on the arms 17, 1.8 on the pillar 7 of the two following forks and thus these forks Figs. 6, 6, 6 will be turned together one to the right The carrierentering. the forks will then be delivered to the race way circles 1 between said forks. In a similar manner are on the inner pillars 7 double armed levers 19 and 19 turnably fixed which when operated by the drawer rod 20 are turned in the direction of a clock arrow and with the arms 10, 19 bear upon the arms 21, 22 of the following forks 6 seated on the pillar 7 and by means of said double armed lever both forks 6, 6" Fig. 7 are so turned that the bobbin carrier is delivered to the intersection 1 From the foregoing it will be clear that by I the operation of each drawer rod two adj acent If new the lever 15 by said rod is forks will always be turned together and in toothed gear (3) forming part thereof and.

such a manner that both forks may keep a bobbin carrier entering them on the circle of the raceway between the forks as long as they are kept themselves in their position. As seen from Fig. 5the levers 15,19 have enough play so that the movement of the forks is not hindered. In said figure are all draw-ing devices in their resting state' and all forks in their original or middle position in which the bobbin carriers are kept in the recesses of the race way. By alternately operating the drawing devices 16 and 20 thebobbin carriers are caused to travel over the whole race way.

The levers 15 and 19 may instead of mounting them on the pillars 7 be fixed on special bolts arranged in the machine.

For securing the bobbin carriers in the recesses the forks are provided with a thin sheet metal spring 23 which is fixed to its forkat theentering portion of the carriers and which is bent upwards so that the car.- rier when entering the fork bears with its foot upon the spring and presses it downwards. When reached into the recess the carrier foot is free from thespring but caught by the turned to same so that the carrier can not move itself back.

For obtaining always the corresponding position of the forks when the bobbin carriers are leaving them and in order to prevent wrong movements of thecarriers the gear wheels 3 are provided with pro ections 24 whichin the proper moment engage other on the lower face of the forks the latter in their correspond- As seen from Fig. 3 the projecand thus keep ing position.

tion 25 of the forks being between the projections 24 of two adjacent gear wheels in the original or middle position shown in Fig. 1 position of the forks while the latter are the right or left such portions 25 being on the inner side of one of the two members 24 and thus a movement of the forks cannot take place in the said moment, that is when the forks assume the position shown in Fig. 1

What I desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a braiding machine the combination of a serpentine race Way with drivers (2) governing forks said forks having symmetricl ally shanks crossing the junction of two adj jacent race circles and having protuberances 14 and posts 13 as described and for the purpose set forth.

j 2. In a braiding machine the combination I of a serpentine race way having recesses,

with drivers (2) toothed gear (3) formin 1 art thereof and governing forks, levers (10% j having a wedge shaped head and levers (12) i engaging said head and springs, actuating said levers (12) as described and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a braiding machine the co'mbiniition of a serpentine race way having recesses at the intersections of the circles thereof, drivers, toothed gears for rotating said drivers, boblars, operating arms therefor, levers having wedge and notched shaped heads respectively, cooperating to return the said forks to predetermined positions, levers having three arms, two of which cooperatewith the operating arms of said forks, and drawing rods connected to the third arms of said last named levers, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth. 4. In a braiding machine the combination of a serpentine race way having recesses, with drivers (2) toothed gear (3) forming part thereof and governing forks, said forks being situated horizontally at the intersections of the circles of the race way alternately from the inner and outer side of the machine metal 1 springs 23 fixed to the forks as described and l for the purpose set forth. j 5. In a braiding machine the combination of a serpentine race way having recesses, l with drivers (2) toothed gear (3) forming 1 art thereof and governing forks, said forks 1 being situated horizontally at the intersections of the circles of the race way alternately from the inner and outer side of the machine projections 25 forming part of the forks and j projections 24 fixed to the gear wheels as del scribed and for the purpose set forth.

\YlLHELM KORTING.

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